Air-Popped Popcorn with Olive Oil & Rosemary
Air-popped popcorn with a little olive oil, rosemary and salt — about 3 cups for 160 kcal, with 4 g of fiber. A whole-grain snack in five minutes.
Air-popped popcorn tossed with a little olive oil, rosemary and a pinch of salt — about 3 cups for 160 kcal, with 4 g of fiber. Popcorn is a whole grain, so this is a light, high-volume snack. Five minutes.
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Popcorn is a whole grain — three cups for a hundred and sixty calories.
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Ingredients (1 serving)
- Popcorn, air-popped (popped weight) — 30 g (about 3 cups popped)
- Olive oil — 5 ml
- Dried rosemary — 1/2 tsp
- Salt — 1 pinch
Macros per serving
- Calories: 160 kcal
- Protein: 4 g
- Fat: 6 g
- Carbs: 23 g
- Fiber: 4 g
Key micronutrients
- Fiber: ~4 g
- Magnesium: ~40 mg
Why it earns a spot in the rotation
- A whole grain as a snack. Popcorn counts as a whole grain, which most snack bowls do not.
- Volume for the calories. About 3 cups popped for 160 kcal.
- Five minutes, four ingredients. Air-popped, a teaspoon of olive oil, rosemary and a pinch of salt.
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Sources
- MedlinePlus — Dietary fiber
- NIH Office of Dietary Supplements — Magnesium Fact Sheet for Consumers
- Harvard T.H. Chan — The Nutrition Source: Whole grains
AgeGen recipes are sourced from the USDA FoodData Central database. Macros are calculated per the ingredient panel; round to the gram.
